Bears DE Jared Allen, one of the most colorful characters in football, disagrees with the claims that the team is lacking leadership.
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The Bears’ 3-4 start and angry locker room after last weekend’s loss to the Dolphins have left people discussing whether the Bears have a leadership void on the team that will lead them to a disappointing finish to this season.
Defensive end Jared Allen has weighed in on the question and the veteran doesn’t see an issue with the leadership on hand in Chicago. Allen said that there’s no problem with the kind of “raw” emotions that the team aired following the loss, but that good leadership, which he thinks the Bears have, isn’t synonymous with making fiery speeches all the time.
“I don’t want this to sound bad. But when you’re talking about a leader, what does that look like to people? I think we have great leaders here. I mean leaders don’t necessarily have to stand up at the podium and make some big speech. As a matter of fact, if someone gets up every week and has to have a ‘Coach is out. Let’s have [a big meeting].’ That’s lame. Honestly. What’s that going to do? That’s rah-rah,” Allen said, via the Chicago Tribune. “Leadership comes from the guys who show up every week, go out and work during practice. They’re in their playbook, they know what they’re doing and they go out on Sunday and give it everything they got.”
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